Egypt tourism on the decline

•January 6, 2014

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Egypt tourism down

Camels rest near the pyramids in Giza outside of Cairo, March 1, 2011. (REUTERS/Peter Andrews)

Tourist numbers have plummeted, dealing a blow to the millions of Egyptians whose livelihoods depend on the 14 million or more visitors who once came to Egypt annually, providing one in eight jobs in a country beset by high unemployment. (REUTERS)